/* 
 *  Syntelos XB
 *  Copyright (C) 2006 John Pritchard.
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 *  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
 *  the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 *  General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
 *  02111-1307 USA
 */

package syntelos.xb;

/**
 * <p> Specific to XB extensible markup language (XML) format. </p>
 * 
 * 
 * @see CF
 * @see Base
 * 
 * @author John Pritchard (jdp@syntelos.com)
 */
public interface XB 
    extends IO
{

    /**
     * <p> Specific to XOP part of XB. </p>
     * 
     * <p> The XB representation of virtual machine code (XOP) is an
     * assembly language opened to "in band" XML and DOM analysis, unlike
     * traditional assemblers (e.g., the code output from
     * <code>javap</code>).  XB / XOP is more machine friendly (open to
     * transformation and analysis) than traditional assembly
     * languages. </p>
     * 
     * <p> The XOP assembly language has been designed to be as human
     * (user) friendly as possible subject to the principal
     * requirement that it maintain a linear relation with its virtual
     * machine code for the benefit of its openness and accessibility
     * to analysis and transformation. </p>
     * 
     * 
     * @see Method
     * @see Attribute$Code
     * @see syntelos.xb.op.Code
     */
    public interface XOP 
        extends XB
    {}

}
